Elder Law

The Legal Aid Society provides free advice, referrals, and assistance to Milwaukee County Residents 50 years of age and older in matters involving public benefits, health issues, advanced directives, and basic estate planning, including estate recovery.

Public Benefits and Health Care

This includes, but is not limited to, help with problems involving income maintenance and health care benefits in the following programs:

Social Security

SSI

Medicare

Medicaid

Family Care / long term care

Advanced Directives

Declaration to Physicians (Wisconsin Living Will)

Power of Attorney for Health Care

Power of Attorney for Finance and Property

Basic Estate Planning

Simple wills

Medicaid planning and estate recovery

Please contact Legal Aid or come to our intake hours to get help with these issues.

Intake Hours

Mon & Wed, 1:30–3:30 PM at our downtown office.

No appointment necessary, but please arrive early and bring all your paperwork.

About the Legal Aid Society

The Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee was founded in 1916 “to do all things necessary for the prevention of injustice.” We are one of the nation’s oldest, continuously operating, public interest law firms. Each year the Society provides free legal services to 8,000 of Milwaukee’s most vulnerable residents while also challenging abuse of power by large corporations and governmental entities. Read More...